🚀 go-pugleaf

Larry McQueary <mcqueary@nospam.com> wrote in article <751one$65c@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>...
> Dan, honestly, because they comprise about 99% of the posts in co.general, and I
> really think they belong in co.politics alone.  Otherwise, why bother having
> more than one group for Colorado at all?  Am I really the only person that gives
> a rat's ass about this?


You're the only Rat with an Ass ...period.
Take you whines, grab some cheese, and throw 
a party for yourself ...




> 
> Dan D. wrote in message <74mlk3$343$1@news1.rmi.net>...
> >In co.general Larry McQueary <mcqueary@nospam.com> wrote:
> >->Everybody say it with me:  co.endless.content-free.rhetorical.wars.  But not
> >->co.general.  Thanks.
> >
> >Why don't you learn to killfile threads which don't interest you?
> >
> >-DanD
> >
> >->Melissa wrote in message <36635501.0@news.mho.net>...
> >->>In article <36632a55.134752879@news.dimensional.com>,
> >->>   weiser@dimensional.com (Scott Weiser) wrote:
> >->>[...]
> >->>>>What about tobacco smokers?
> >->>>
> >->>>Their conduct just kills them, it doesn't really affect their
> >->>>judgement or their ability to function in society.  No, I'd just
> >->>>relegate them to only smoking in their own homes.
> >->>
> >->>In the closet with the lights out. :)  Remember, smoking around others isn't
> >->>exactly victimless. 5 year olds in smoking households have been found to
> have
> >->>impaired lung function, and are much more likely to get asthma later, so
> that
> >->>makes it a form of child abuse.
> >->>
> >->>..
> >->>>It's such a shame that Hitler gave eugenics such a bad name.   There's
> >->>>nothing intrinsically wrong with trying to improve the human genome or
> >->>>with trying to prevent the spread of inherited genetic faults.
> >->>
> >->>Like maybe homosexuality or transsexualism? Not to deny that it may have
> been
> >->>much more convenient to society, had I been snuffed in the womb.
> >->>
> >->>> We
> >->>>still do it to some small extent by requiring blood tests before
> >->>>marriage so that obvious and well known faults like hemophillia which
> >->>>are certain to create ill children are detected early.
> >->>
> >->>There's a difference between filtering for real known diseases and some of
> the
> >->>other uses such techniques could be put to.
> >->>
> >->>>Indeed, it's Nature's mandate that we do so, whether we do it
> >->>>conciously or not.   Evolution is intended to weed out the unfit.
> >->>
> >->>And it's one thing when nature does it, and quite another when people start
> >->>dinking around.
> >->>
> >->>I'm concerned that someday soon, some Nazi loon will cook up an airborn
> version
> >->>of ebola, which only affects blacks and Jews. That's scary!
> >->>
> >->>>  We,
> >->>>as sentient beings however, have found far too many ways to frustrate
> >->>>natural selection.   This may be a philosophically attractive thing to
> >->>>do, but it may also be species suicide in the long run.
> >->>
> >->>Context is everything, eh?
> >->>
> >->>>I think that such genetic counseling should be mandatory for those
> >->>>wishing to procreate.  I don't suggest that they should be forbidden
> >->>>to do so, but few rational adults would choose to create a child
> >->>>doomed to a short, unpleasant life from some genetic flaw in the
> >->>>parents.
> >->>
> >->>True, but when you get into dictating things like sexual orientation, or
> other
> >->>things that some may consider less than desirable, and others may not, it
> >->>really gets to be playing with fire. You could wind up with a world of nice
> >->>"normal" zombies.
> >->>
> >->>>As we learn more about genetics, and how to predict the grosser
> >->>>abnormalities, we should indeed do what we can to eliminate them from
> >->>>the gene pool by making certain that parents are fully informed of the
> >->>>consequences of their choice to procreate.
> >->>
> >->>Stay tuned, eh?
> >->>
> >->>>The difficulty is, of course, ensuring that such programs are not
> >->>>turned to evil, as Hitler did.
> >->>
> >->>And who gets to decide what's evil and what's not?
> >->>
> >->>> That's admittedly a tough job, but if
> >->>>any nation can do it, we can...if we make the choice to do so.
> >->>
> >->>What a thrilling prospect to look forward to. If the ebola doesn't get me
> >->>first.
> >->>
> >->>..
> >->>>It's interesting that Switzerland has been trying the "Getafix
> >->>>Centers" to try and reduce drug crime and violence, with places where
> >->>>addicts can go and get government-approved drugs.   Seems it's not
> >->>>working very well, and they have just voted to do something else.
> >->>
> >->>Why wasn't it working well? I heard something about them voting not to
> legalize
> >->>all drugs now.
> >->>
> >->>
> >->>That's my opinion  - Melissa
> >->>
> >->>"It's not easy being cute." - The Warner Brothers' sister Dot.
> >->>
> >->>To email me, remove the spam proofing capital letters on each side of the @
> >->>in my email address.
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >#  Dan D (kd4igw)  dand@rmii.com    dand@frottage.com  http://rmii.com/~dand
> >#  Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet
> >#  he has left it out of his heaven.  -Mark Twain
> 
> 
>